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| Date: | Thursday 16 April 1942 |
| Time: | 04:50 |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 149 (East India) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | N6068 |
| MSN: | OJ-T |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Snaaskerke, Gistel; West Flanders -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Lakenheath |
| Dortmund, Germany |
Hit by flak from Stene airfield near Ostende. The aircraft crashed 3km S of Ostende , between Snaaskerke and Zandvoorde.
Crew:-
Pilot:119347 Plt Off Max Lightfoot Field - Oostende Communal Cemetery Plot 9. Row 4. Joint grave (NCO:1179960 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 28 April, 1942)
Pilot: 41887 Plt Off Alexander Leslie Ellis - Oostende Communal Cemetery Plot 9. Row 4. Grave 26.
Flight Engineer: 548297 Sgt Eric Austin Kirk - Oostende Communal Cemetery Plot 9. Row 4. Grave 21.
Observer: 927161 Sgt Peter Sydney Brunsdon - Oostende Communal Cemetery Plot 9. Row 4. Joint grave
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: 931774 Sgt Charles Moynes - Oostende Communal Cemetery Plot 9. Row 4. Joint grave
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: 1380948 Sgt Gilbert Victor Phillips - Oostende Communal Cemetery Plot 9. Row 4. Grave 24.
Air Gunner: 967594 Sgt Stanley Briggs - Oostende Communal Cemetery Plot 9. Row 4. Grave 20.
Air Gunner: 986794 Sgt Norman Charles Hutson - Oostende Communal Cemetery Plot 9. Row 4. Joint grave 27-28.
Sources:
Bomber Command Losses 1942
CWGC
https://luchtvaartgeschiedenis.be/content/stirling-bij-snaaskerke
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Dec-2017 20:56 | Red Dragon | Added |
| 18-Oct-2018 13:33 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator, ] |
| 18-Apr-2020 09:54 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Destination airport, Source, ] |
| 06-Nov-2022 12:46 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
| 15-Apr-2024 07:01 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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